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Dewatto, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Belfair-Tahuya census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98588. It stands on Dewatto River. The Survey maps it on the Lilliwaup quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Dewatto within Mason County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Dewatto between 1992 and 2020, burning about 191 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEVEROAU
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDON LAKE
3 September 1992Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2006Arson/incendiarism61 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEWATTO II
16 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mason County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dewatto: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tuff QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Graves PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
StewartSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Will PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mason County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lilliwaup2.4 miles10
Ayock3.9 miles15
Hoodsport4.8 miles10
Hamma Hamma5.2 miles15
Tahuya5.7 miles10
Eldon6.6 miles15
Potlatch6.7 miles10
Union6.9 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q14213450The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1518732. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.